Throughout Ferdinand Marcos’s 21-year reign over the Philippines, resistance movements took shape, continued, and developed alongside and against the regime. While these movements formed in opposition to the brutality of Marcos’s rule (tortures, disappearances, and killings; political corruption and crony capitalism; censorship of the press; support for and advancement of imperialist programs), they also functioned […]

We are excited to welcome Professor Kēhaulani Vaughn for our next Pacific Islander Studies Research Talk! Her talk is entitled, "Moompetam: Trans-Indigenous Recognitions and Futurities." See the flyer below for more information!      

Please join Professor Yu Tokunaga and Chao Romero in their book talk on the new book "Transborder Los Angeles: An Unknown Transpacific History of Japanese-Mexican Relations" 📖 and his student workshop right after! 🗣Learn about new and interesting things in YRL, but make sure to RSVP before March 24th! Where: Young Research Library (YRL) Presentation […]

Please join Professor Yu Tokunaga and Chao Romero in their book talk on the new book "Transborder Los Angeles: An Unknown Transpacific History of Japanese-Mexican Relations" 📖 and his student workshop right after! 🗣Learn about new and interesting things in YRL, but make sure to RSVP before March 24th! Where: Young Research Library (YRL) Presentation […]

We are excited to welcome Lisa Uperesa for our upcoming Pacific Islander Studies Research Talk! Her talk is entitled, "Pacific Cultural Performance and Social Media as ‘Digital Malae’". Come and listen to her talk on April 10th! See flyer below for more information.  

Joining us in another installation of our Research Talk Series is Dr. Nour Joudah, who will be talking about her research on "Mapping Decolonized Futures: Indigenous Visions for Palestine and Hawai'i." Please refer to the flyer for more details.

Join us on April 26th 6-7:30PM on zoom for our Alumni Career Panel! You will have the opportunity to learn about the different career pathways that Asian American Studies alumni have taken themselves and be entered for a chance to win one of three Squishmallows in our raffle. RSVP now at tinyurl.com/AASDAlumniPanel Panelists include: Lotay […]

Please join us on Friday, April 28th from 1-3PM in the YRL Main Conference Room for this quarter's undergraduate check-in! It'll be a fun day of activities (including scrapbooking, mahjong, and coloring), food, and good conversation.   RSVP today at tinyurl.com/AASDSpring2023!

Dr. Lan Duong will read from Nothing Follows, a collection of poetry that traces her family’s arrival to the U.S. in 1975. It narrates their resettlement as they move from Pennsylvania to California during Silicon Valley’s high-tech boom. With each city and street that the poems crisscross, the girl and those around her experience racism, […]

Celebrate poet Angela Peñaredondo's new poetry book--nature felt but never apprehended

Please join us Wed, May 10th for this book talk on "Koreatown, Los Angeles: Immigration, Race, and the 'American Dream.'"   Information from the flyer: "Beginning with the early development of LA's Koreatown and culminating with the 1992 Los Angeles riots and their aftermath, Lee demonstrates how Korean Americans' lives were shaped by patters of […]

In collaboration with the UCLA Asian Pacific Coalition, we present: Another Land in the Sky! Join us on May 15th, from 5-7PM at the Northwest Campus Auditorium for a night of powerful art and community building with @jessxsnow and @treyalam. Experience live poetry, music, and cinema that will take you on a journey through Asian American resistance and […]